The document discusses strategies for achieving Materials and Resources (MR) credits in green building certification programs like LOTUS. It covers prerequisites and credits related to construction waste management, sustainable materials selection, reduced concrete use, and operational waste management. Key topics include developing waste management plans, diverting waste from landfills, using recycled, reusable, and rapidly renewable materials, sourcing certified wood, performing life cycle assessments, and providing dedicated recycling areas or sorting facilities.

1. LOTUS NEW CONSTRUCTION

2. 1
Identify the intent, requirements, and strategies
for success with Materials and Resources credits
2
Recognize ways to mitigate the negative impacts
of construction by waste management to reduce
the amount of waste generated and virgin
natural resources needed.
3
Encourage the reuse and recycling materials and
low-energy embodied products.

3. PrerequisitesandCredits
Demolition and Construction Waste
Reduced Concrete Use
Sustainable Materials
Non-baked Materials
Demolition and Construction Waste
Operation Waste Management

5. @VGBC
To encourage the reuse, salvage and recycling of demolition
and construction waste and to minimize disposal in landfill
MR – Prerequisite and Credit
Demolition and Construction Waste

6. @VGBC
Prerequisite
construction
waste management
plan
MR - Prerequisite and Credit
Demolition and Construction Waste
Credit
Waste Diversion
or
Reduction of Waste

7. @VGBC
Solid Waste Management
Hierarchy
Source reduction
is the practice of designing, manufacturing, purchasing, or using materials
(such as products and packaging) in ways that reduce the amount
or toxicity of trash created
Reuse
Recycling
Waste-to-energy
is the conversion of non-recyclable waste materials into useable heat, electricity,
or fuel through a variety of processes, including combustion, gasification,
anaerobic digestion, and landfill gas (LFG) recovery
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO

8. @VGBC
Develop and implement
a CWM plan
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO
Note: CWM - Construction and demolition Waste Management
Identify and establish waste diversion goals
Waste to be separated or commingled
Provide major waste streams and diversion rates

9. @VGBC
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO
Engage the contractor earliest as possible
Identify material streams to be diverted
Track waste and keep reports and receipts
for documentation

10. @VGBC
Brick and masonry
Scrap metals
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO

11. @VGBC
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LOTUS – Demolition and Construction Waste
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO

12. @VGBC
prefabrication, modular construction
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO

13. @VGBC
prefabrication, modular construction
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO
Eco-packing

15. @VGBC
To encourage projects to use sustainable materials minimizing
the use of natural resources
MR – Credit
Sustainable Materials

16. @VGBC
Sustainable Materials
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO
Recycled Materials
Rapidly renewable materials
Sustainable timber
Materials third-party certified
Reused Materials

17. @VGBC
Identify and quantify the reusable area of
building and material
Reused Materials
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO

18. @VGBC
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO
GOUNH Green One UN House
Reuse of existing structure
Foundation, Columns, Beams
Floors and subfloors, Roof panel

19. @VGBC
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO
Renovation 16-18 Hai Ba Trung – D1 - HCMC
Reuse of existing structure
Foundation, Columns, Beams
Floors and subfloors, Roof panel

20. @VGBC
Recycled Materials
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO
Pre-consumer
Material from industry scraps that was diverted from
the waste stream and used for other purposes
Excluded are materials that are re-incorporated into
the same manufacturing process that generated it.

21. @VGBC
Recycled Materials
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO
Post-consumer
construction and demolition debris, yard waste and
materials from curbside recycling programs
A waste type produced by the end consumer of a
material stream; that is, where the waste producing
use did not involve the production of another product

22. @VGBC
Pre-consumer
Post-consumer
Sawdust, Wood chips
Tree bark, Magazine overruns, Fly-ash
Aluminum cans, Water bottles
Newspapers, Construction debris
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO

23. @VGBC
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO
Recycled-content materials

24. @VGBC
Rapidly renewable materials(*)
Bamboo
Cork
Coconut
Reed
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO
Straw board
Note(*): materials planted and harvested within a 10-year cycle

25. The Forest Stewardship Council’s mission is to
“promote environmentally appropriate,
socially beneficial and economically viable
management of the world's forests.”
@VGBC
Certified Wood
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO

26. @VGBC
FSC Chain of Custody
a tracking system that allows manufacturers and traders
to demonstrate that timber comes from a forest that is
responsibly managed in accordance with FSC principles
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO

27. @VGBC
LCA
is a measurement of a
product’s environmental
impact throughout its life
cycle, beginning with
extraction through
manufacturing, shipping,
use, and then reuse or
end of life
Life cycle
assessment
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO

28. Referenced
Standard
@VGBC
ISO 14044
for life cycle
assessment
www.iso.org

29. @VGBC
impact categories
global warming potential
depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer
acidification of land and water sources
eutrophication
formation of tropospheric ozone
depletion of nonrenewable energy resources
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO

30. @VGBC
Use LCA results to make the design decisions that
reduce the environmental impacts
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO

31. @VGBC
Product Transparency – EPD
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO
Note(*): EPD - Environmental Product Declaration

32. @VGBC
a environmentally preferred or waste-free product
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO

33. @VGBC
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LOTUS – Demolition and Construction Waste
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO

34. @VGBC
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LOTUS Calculator – Sustainable Materials
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO

36. @VGBC
To encourage projects to consider and implement strategies
that minimize the use of concrete in buildings
MR – Credit
Reduced Concrete Use

37. @VGBC
Waffle SlabsBubble Deck
Pre-stressed Slab
BCA Sustainable Construction Series - 6
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO

39. @VGBC
To encourage projects to consider and implement strategies
that minimize the use of concrete in buildings
MR – Credit
Non-baked Materials

40. @VGBC
non-structural wall
Non-load bearing exterior walls
Internal partitions
Column cladding
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO
Note: A non-structural wall is a wall that only bears the load of itself.

41. WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO
Can be made with industrial waste
Light weight
Low emission and waste
Low embodied energy
@VGBC

42. WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO
Gypsum panels
Concrete bricks
Pre-cast concrete panels
AAC blocks
@VGBC

43. WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO
Non-structural walls made up of concrete blocks
@VGBC Big C Di An – Binh Duong

45. @VGBC
To implement waste sorting and facilitate the recycling of waste
generated during the operations of the building
MR – Credit
Operation Waste Management

46. @VGBC
MR - Prerequisite and Credit
Demolition and Construction Waste
Option B
(Residential and Mix-use Projects)
Management and sorting
of wastes
Option A
(NR Projects)
Dedicated recycling
storage area

47. @VGBC
Option A
(NR Projects)
Dedicated recycling
storage area
MR - Prerequisite and Credit
Demolition and Construction Waste
Option B
(Residential and Mix-use Projects)
Management and sorting
of wastes

48. @VGBC
Provide recycling and storage space
for at least the following
recyclable materials
Mixed paper
Corrugated cardboard
Glass
Plastics
Metals
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO

49. @VGBC
Provide collection and storage for
two hazardous materials
Batteries
Mercury-containing lamps
Electronic waste
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO

50. @VGBC
Get the waste hauler input on
space requirements and infrastructure
Include appropriate measures for safe, collection,
and disposal of electronics or batteries
Identify access for occupants,
waste haulers, custodians
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO

51. @VGBC
Waste can be comingled or separately contained
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO

52. @VGBC
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO
can crushers cardboard bailers

53. @VGBC
MR - Prerequisite and Credit
Demolition and Construction Waste
Option A
(NR Projects)
Dedicated recycling
storage area
Option B
(Residential and Mix-use Projects)
Management and sorting
of wastes

54. @VGBC
Determine possible
recyclable materials and
organic waste to be managed
and sorted
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO

55. @VGBC
Residential Projects
Recycling bins is provided in all the interim storage areas
located on each floor
The different types of recyclables are included in the
Building User’s Guide under Management - Prerequisite
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO
Organic wastes shall be composted
(onsite or by hiring a compost company)

56. Mix-Used Projects
@VGBC
apply to
NR
components
WHENWHAT WHY HOWWHO
Option
A
Option
B
apply to
Residential
components

57. KEY TERMS
diversion
LCA
LCC
solid waste
management
hierarchy
recyclables
@VGBC
comingled
recycling
waste-to-
energy
building and
material
reuse
ISO
source
reduction
recycling
sustainable
purchasing
reuse
impact
indicators
cradle-to-
grave
cradle-to-
cradle
chain-of-
custody
pre-consumer
content
recycle
content
FSC
product
transparency
postconsumer
content
EPD

58. VIETNAM GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
LOTUS Certification: certification@vgbc.vn
Membership: long.dang@vgbc.vn
Education & Training: education@vgbc.vn
General enquiries: info@vgbc.vn or visit: www.vgbc.vn
Telephone: (+84) 868 166 526
Address: 8th floor, Hanoi Creative City Building, 1 Luong Yen, Hai Ba Trung, Ha Noi